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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY RIDGE PUD, PHASE ONE - PRELIMINARY - 49-95A - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING41. Comment: Try to avoid the north -south arterial on Seneca Street as it relates to Johnson Elementary and Webber Junior High Schools. 42. Question: Would it be an advantage to you folks for us to put a convenience store in this development? Answer: No, it would not be desirable. 30. Comment: The City just did a study and told us that the Ridge PUD's drainage is inadequate. 31. Comment: Higher density homes equates to renters and college students. What can you do to prevent this? 32. Question: I am disappointed that we are only seeing your first phase of development. What is the proposed uses for the remainder of the property? What will the layout look like and where will it be accessed? Answer: Phase Two is going to be townhomes at approximately 8 to 9 dwelling units per acre on about 17 acres. The layout is yet undetermined and the access will be from `old" Harmony Road. 33. Question: There are some market studies that have recently been done that indicate that the City is becoming saturated with patio homes. How does that affect your development? Answer: We are proposing a limited number of the patio -style homes and feel that there is still a market for them. 34. Comment: Estate -sized lots are possible and would provide a better transition to the adjacent neighborhoods. 35. Comment: The improvements to Harmony Road that we were promised are not happening. 36. Comment: We are concerned about the traffic impacts to Harmony Road and its intersection with South Taft Hill Road. 37. Question: How much of the land that you may be selling to the City is developable? Answer: Quite a bit of it, everything outside of the Fossil Creek floodway. 38. Comment: Each developer should be responsible for their portion of street improvements based on the traffic needs. Response: These developers, like all other developers, will be responsible for their own streets and necessary off -site street improvements based on the traffic impacts. 39. Comment: You should be commended for working with the City to increase the size of the Cathy Fromme Prairie. 40. Comment: We wish that nothing would happen on this property, but that is not reality. 20. Question: The second phase would be 137 units on 17 acres? That is a density of about 8 dwelling units per acre. Answer: Yes, that is about right. There is a need for higher density for elderly people, similar to Adriel Hills. The higher density is not to make more money, it is to provide a community for living situations other than only younger, large families. 21. Question: Will the areas for the older people be 2 or 3 story units? Not too many older people want to climb up stairs. These units should not be stacked up. Answer: At least some of the units will be 2 story. 22. Question: Is this to be a retirement community? Answer: No, it will not necessarily be a "retirement" community. 23. Question: What is the price range for the townhome area to be? Answer: Similar to Adriel Hills, $160,000 to $200,000. 24. Comment: There should be some landscaping and berming between this development and the Ridge PUD. 25. Comment: It is critical to the residents of the Ridge PUD that a low level of lighting be provided in this development. 26. Comment: We know that the City's Natural Resources Division desires to purchase the lower portion of this property. We do not want special favors to the developers considered due to the City's desire to own a portion of this land. 27. Comment: If you really want to appease the residents of the Ridge PUD, provide buffer on this property and lower level homes in this development. 28. Comment: We have heard that there is a desire to provide vehicular access between this development and the Ridge PUD. This is not a good idea. 29. Comment: There are concerns about the density and provisions for a buffer in this development. We do not want vehicular access into the Ridge PUD. The setbacks should be substantial and the minimum square footage of the homes is important. The impacts to the schools, traffic on Harmony Road and in the area, and storm drainage from this site into the Cathy Fromme Prairie need to be assessed. 13. Question: Where is the access to this development? Answer: Access will occur on a divided, two-lane entry street from `old" West Harmony Road and this entry will align somewhat with Seneca Street north of "new" Harmony Road. 14. Question: Harmony Road is already nuts, from a traffic standpoint. How can it handle more cars? Answer: There will be a traffic study submitted for review that will help determine the functional level of service on Harmony Road and evaluate the impacts of this development on the system. 15. Comment: You will cut off the views of the foothills and natural areas for the Ridge PUD people on Chippendale Court, especially if you butt right up against our lots. 16. Comment: We were told by the City Planning Department, at the time of annexation, that development on this property would be more in line with the density in the Ridge PUD. 17. Question: Why does the City have a minimum density requirement of 3 dwelling units per acre? Answer: The City's Land Use Policies Plan, adopted by City Council in 1979, established a policy direction for the City stating that residential development should be encouraged to be at 3 or more dwelling units to the acre in the urban growth area. This is because the cost/benefit of services is directly related to density. This policy was included as an absolute requirement in the Land Development Guidance System for planned unit developments, adopted by City Council in 1981. 18. Question: What are your water detention requirements and how will the stormwater be dumped into the Cathy Fromme Prairie? There are potential pollution problems to the prairie associated with stormwater and irrigation water runoff. Answer: The surface water runoff will be determined by the drainage and grading plans that will be part of the PUD submittal to the City for review. 19. Question: How many acres will there be in the first phase? Answer: There will be approximately 28 acres in the first phase. 3 4. M lM 7 8. E 10. 11 units per acre. This proposal of 134 dwelling units on 27 acres in the First Phase would equate to 4.9 dwelling units per acre. Residential densities in the existing surrounding neighborhoods are 0.6 dwelling units per acre in the Ridge PUD, 3.7 to 4.3 dwelling units per acre in the Overlook @ Woodridge PUD, 6.9 dwelling units per acre in the Arapahoe Farm Townhomes, 3.4 dwelling units per acre in the Regency Park PUD, and 3.1 dwelling units per acre in the Westbury PUD. Question: Have you considered a greenbelt buffer to the Ridge PUD to the east? Answer: No, we have not, other than placing larger single family lots in this location. Comment: This development will abut the Ridge PUD's greenbelt and you will be using it as your buffer to our $300,000 homes. Comment: The Ridge PUD anted up for its own buffer to adjacent properties. We need additional buffer on your property, in addition to ours. Question: What will the size of the lots be along your east property line? Answer: They will be of a size that will provide a density of roughly 2.6 to 3.0 dwelling units per acre. Comment: We, in the Ridge PUD, have almost one acre lots. You will almost be doubling our density within your development. Question: What is the proposed cost of your single family homes and townhomes? Answer: We can only say at this time that they will be upper end units. Comment: What kind of excavation will you be doing? If you are not going to be building the development, we are concerned about controls on the project. Question: What will the overall height of the buildings be? Answer: They will be up to 30' in height. Question: What will the minimum square footage be for the single family homes? Answer: We don't know yet. 12. Question: What will we see along Harmony Road? Answer: The small, zero lot line (single family) homes will be located on the north portion of the development, along West Harmony Road. City of Fort Collins Commt.i... v Planni Current Planning and Lnvironcnental - _vices Neighborhood Information Meeting Minutes for the HARMONY RIDGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT Date: September 14, 1995 Place: Light House Church 1621 West Harmony Road Applicants: Joe Vansant G. D. McGarvey Lee Stark City Planner: Steve Olt Re: Harmony Ridge PUD, a residential development of 270 single family and townhome dwelling units on 44 acres. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce the property owners/developers, Joe Vansant, G. D. McGarvey, and Lee Stark, to the neighbors of the intended development site and allow them to answer questions and respond to concerns that may be expressed. It was presented to the participants that there would be 21 single family lots, 28 zero lot line lots, and 85 townhomes in Phase One of the development. Question: What is a zero lot line home? Answer: These are small lots with the homes on one side of the lot, right up to the property line. 2. Question: How does this proposal relate to the proposed density in the zoning district? We want to avoid the same higher density as to the north, across West Harmony Road. Answer: The property and the surrounding area are in the RLP - Low Density Planned Residential Zoning District. The City has a minimum residential density requirement of 3 dwelling units per acre in the planned unit development setting. The RLP District allows lower density residential as a permitted "use - by -right", lower density generally being considered to be 3 to 5/6 dwelling 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 FAX (970) 221-6378 TDD (970) 224-6002